walkabout

My cousin Mark was in town yesterday, so we spent a few hours hanging out. We didn't really have any plan or anything specific to do or see, so we just wandered the neighborhood with a walk down The Strand, a drink downtown, and back to El Porto for some dinner and another drink. While I did manage to take plenty of snaps along the way, I neglected to take a pic of either of us other than this silhouette when he was taking a pic of the pier. Oops. He did think to put one on facebook, at least. Though living at the beach hasn't been the attraction for immediate family that I thought it would be, it is a nice bonus of living near LAX that I often get to see friends and family when they are traveling through.

It's already the last day of Eurovision already and I haven't done such a great job updating and sharing Lisbon. We really hit the ground running with performances every night (jury shows in between televised shows) and plenty of…

Just a quick taste of a couple days in Barcelona. I'll have to try to do a catch up post later, because I'm in Lisbon for Eurovision now and no time to spend on it! Barcelona was a rough spot for me. I suffered through some…

Well I never meant to stop posting as soon as I got back to the States… but now I'm back up in the air (well, actually between flights, but still...) on another adventure, so lets start it again so I can share it with you. I still…